Hard Times In New York Town

C F G C Come you ladies and you gentlemen, a-listen to my song F G C Sing it to you right, but you might think it’s wrong F G C Just a little glimpse of a story I’ll tell F G C ’Bout an East Coast city that you all know well F It’s hard times in the country G C Livin’ down in New York town C F G C Old New York City is a friendly old town F G C From Washington Heights to Harlem on down F G C There’s a-mighty many people all millin’ all around F C They’ll kick you when you’re up and knock you when you’re down F It’s hard times in the country G C Livin’ down in New York town C F G C It’s a mighty long ways from the Golden Gate F G C To Rockefeller Plaza ’n’ the Empire State. F G C Mister Empire sets up as high as a bird F C Old Mister Rockefeller never says a word F It’s hard times from the country G C Livin’ down in New York town C F G C Well, it’s up in the mornin’ tryin’ to find a job of work F G C Stand in one place till your feet begin to hurt F G C If you got a lot o’ money you can make yourself merry F G C If you only got a nickel, it’s the Staten Island Ferry F And it’s hard times in the country G C Livin’ down in New York town C F G C Mister Hudson come a-sailin’ down the stream F G C And old Mister Minuet paid for his dream F G C Bought your city on a one-way track F C ’F I had my way I’d sell it right back F And it’s hard times in the country G C Livin’ down in New York town C F G C I’ll take all the smog in Cal-i-for-ne-ay F G C ’N’ every bit of dust in the Oklahoma plains F G C ’N’ the dirt in the caves of the Rocky Mountain mines F G C It’s all much cleaner than the New York kind F And it’s hard times in the country G C Livin’ down in New York town C F G C So all you newsy people, spread the news around F G C You c’n listen to m’ story, listen to m’ song F G C You c’n step on my name, you c’n try ’n’ get me beat F C When I leave New York, I’ll be standin’ on my feet F And it’s hard times in the country G C F G C Livin’ down in New York town